re:analog modem
actuley I used one of therm recently I needed to test a phone line in the opffice and it was the only phone jack we had (all the phones are voip things)
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usb cables and usb mass storage devices
1 simple and self powered port and
1 simple file transfer methord
no more serial/parrlell devices no more switching cables over 1 standard port and a expandable arcturcture
no more fdds/etc and things just plug copy unplug
my only complante is it only dose 5v power if it did the same power as a d connector form the computer we could hyave easy self powered external hdds
all you firewire fan boys out there just look at the results my lap top 4 usb no firewire there is not a firewire port in my office but every computer has 3 usb
and as for backwords compatibly most users do not even know threre is a usb2 so compatible it is so now we have the slightlry anoying plugs we have to keep them
I have some isues with your logic
"Successful:
Video8 (beat VHS-C)" never heard of it
"HiVideo8 (beat SVHS-C)" ditto
"MemoryStick (is equal to CompactFlash, SD, miniSD, etc.)" only just equal all most all non sony devices I have seen use sd
"CD (with Phillips) (beat, uh everything)" allmost everyboady makes cd's even if sony started it it is now universal
"Blu-ray (with Phillips and Matsushita/Panasonic) (beat HD-DVD)" has yet to be deturmened the war is not over
a sucess is only a sucess if you win a war pepol care about
I rember them trying this early on in the mp3 debate they gave some students 3 DIFFRENT files with DIFFRENT wata marks and they removed them with in a week the repor then pointed out that in a real senro they would have been hundre3ds of identacle files and identicle water marks so it was a no brainer
seroiusley there are equal numbers of "blu-ray has won hd-dvd is dead" and "hd-dvd has won sony is a tosser" postes here it is clear for a tally of numbers that is is a neck and neck race but the real point is
who the b0lddy hell cares!!
I speek for at least me when I say
all I want is a HD format for my (not yet got) HD telly but if I pick one I am taking a gamble it will lose and I will need to spend more mony on a replacment in x years (not only player but disks et all) so I am not buying till one has won. till then SD is fine and get all my hd content form the good old BTorrent
I ran up a £500 bill with o2 cos when I has working away from home I used my mobe (yes dam it MOBE) with a bluetoof connection as a mobile and got charged £4 per mb a lot of this was browsing the o2 site for detials of my traif (witch I never found) thouse anamated banners are bandwith heavy and the internet is ot setup on the princibloe you weill be paying for every bit transfered and b4 anyboady askes there was no warning till the bill and the near hart atack
http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp
that pice of software was a life saver when I ran a internet cafe any changes upto formating the hdd a simple had reset (pull the power cord) and it was undone that and a linux server made me imune to all malware just kill everything (on time vier the main circuit breaker) and back and ready
...my coat is the anarok with the starteck logo on it
<stands on soapbox>
in my not so humble opinion the only to get any improvments in edcuation in to hire more teachers the best way to teach is to make class sizes as close to 1 on 1 as posible the main reasion prvite schools give a better education is they class sizes are 1 to 10 or 1 to 20 not 1 to 40 and all the faffing around this gover ment has been doing with policeys is just confusing and costly and distracting
<gets of soapbox and gets coat>
*ps yes I know my spelling and grammer sucks I am deslexic
**pps the irony of dyslexica being the most dificulty word to spell is not lost on me eather
"which wanted the game dropped from the awards because it uses Manchester Cathedral as the location for a gunfight"
I am prity cirtain that hey have been gun fights in over churches and rilgious buildings b4
I seam to rember a church used as a headcrab missile launching staion in halflife2